277.Race to First Heads
★★★classical probabilityCh. 2 — Axiomatic and Conditional Probability444+ Problems in Probability
Bill and Bob are simultaneously flipping coins, each with probability of heads per flip. Find the probability that Bill obtains his first heads in strictly fewer flips than Bob.
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Sum over — both are geometric.
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